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Diminishing Returns on Additional Developers
Is there a term to describe the point at which adding more developers to a software project will provide diminishing returns?
I realize that at a high level, it is more complicated that just a number of developers at which the project will be at…

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Does Fred Brooks' "Surgical Team" effectively handle the bus factor?
My team of 4 experienced developers works on a large, modular Windows application (approx. 200 KLoC). I have focused on the core codebase since the beginning of the project (3 years ago) and have gradually shifted to a semi-lead developer position,…

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